April 22, 2011, 10:00am ET - 12:00pm ET

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About This Event

As America inches its way out of the Great Recession and looks forward into the future, the need for a new policy framework to guide our economic growth is clear. Inequality has reached unprecedented levels as the nation simultaneously grows increasingly racially and ethnically diverse. Is the traditional assumption that there is a trade-off between growth and equity wrong? Might broadly shared growth be more sustainable and ultimately better for the economy? And if so, what does an inclusive and sustainable pathway to economic growth look like, and how do we achieve it?

Join the Center for American Progress and PolicyLink as we bring together some of the nation’s top economists, policy analysts, and thought leaders to discuss the relationship between economic inclusion, long-term economic growth and competitiveness, and policy changes that can create an economy that works for all Americans.

Panel discussion: What is the relationship between equity and growth?Manuel Pastor, Professor of Geography and American Studies & Ethnicity, University of Southern California; Director, USC's Program for Environmental and Regional Equity (PERE)Emmanuel Saez, Director, Center for Equitable Growth; E. Morris Cox Professor of Economics, University of California BerkeleyBill Spriggs, Assistant Secretary of Policy, U.S. Department of Labor

Moderated by:John Podesta, President and Chief Executive Officer, Center for American Progress